After receiving Su Tiancheng's letter, Sun Yuankun and Song Sijun, Liu Ji and others discussed, and decided to send Liu Ji to the Hetao area to convey Su Tiancheng's order, requiring the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe to be ready and ready to open at any time, as for how to carry out the specific battle, he needs to think, but also wait for Yan Yingyuan to come to Anning Fort, Sun Yuankun is not familiar with Yan Yingyuan, since Su Tiancheng sent Yan Yingyuan to Anning Fort to assist him, it means that Yan Yingyuan is a capable person.

Liu Ji did not waste time and immediately set off for the Hetao area.

Liu is basically the Han people who were plundered by the Xibe tribe, after returning to Su Tiancheng, he began to give full play to his own advantages, Su Tiancheng's undoubted temperament, so that Liu Ji was impressed, coupled with the courage of the Jiangning camp, as well as the development of the market, so that Liu Ji felt that Su Tiancheng was the master he wanted to take refuge in.

A few years have passed, Liu Ji has done things very hard, and slowly got the attention of Sun Yuankun and others, and the responsibilities have become heavier and heavier, after Yue Gaofeng left Anning Fort, Liu Ji was basically responsible for intelligence matters, including many coordination matters, and Liu Ji also knew that this was Su Tiancheng's order, and in private, Liu Ji also looked forward to going to Dengzhou, fighting with Houjin Tartar in a dignified manner, and proving his ability.

As the governor of Qipin, Liu Ji is very lucky, with his status, he can become an official of the imperial court, and he can only say that his ancestors have accumulated virtue, in fact, this is all the credit of Su Tiancheng.

Liu Ji was a little anxious about the situation in the Hetao area, he had already discovered that the Xibe tribe was a little ready to move, and always wanted to dominate the Hetao area, and the method was of course clear, that is, to defeat and exterminate the Daur tribe, which was a very dangerous signal. Once the two tribes are launched, the resulting outcome is unbearable for the Ming court.

Liu Ji has his own analysis, the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe have become strong, and after they are strong, they want to show their strength and want to conquer. If you want to forcibly hold down the two tribes, it is better to let them conquer the tribes of the grassland and completely change the situation of the grassland, in this process, both tribes will have losses, and it will be difficult to dominate the entire grassland in the end.

After Liu Ji matured his thinking. This suggestion was made.

Unexpectedly, Su Tiancheng adopted this suggestion and decided to start the expedition of the grassland, and the Jiangning battalion would also directly participate in the expedition.

This made Liu Ji overjoyed, and when he received the order, of course Liu Ji would not delay time, and he was about to rush to the Hetao area to convey Su Tiancheng's order and appease the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe. Ask them to be prepared and not provoke each other. Prepare to conquer the other tribes of the steppe.

Liu Ji's movements were fast, and in less than ten days, he entered the area controlled by the Xibe tribe.

Along the way, Liu Ji was still very careful, and in recent times, the Hetao area has not been too peaceful. The main reason is that there are too many small fights between the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe, all of which are fights between the double-headed herdsmen, which often cause bloodshed, and the work of mediation is becoming more and more difficult to do, and Liu Ji has participated in it many times. I feel that the misunderstanding of Shuangfa mainly comes from above, to put it bluntly, mainly from the top of the Xibe tribe.

Those who followed Liu Ji into the Hetao area were 100 soldiers of the Jiangning battalion.

The herdsmen of the Xibe tribe and the Daur tribe are very strong, but when they see the soldiers of the Jiangning camp or the Han merchants, they are very respectful and never dare to offend.

As the team was moving rapidly, the scout who was exploring the path in front came back to report it, his face a little pale.

"Lord Liu, there was a battle between herdsmen ahead, and my subordinates found that there seemed to be a sergeant involved."

Liu Ji's body shook a little, the previous battles were all battles between the herdsmen of the two tribes, and they did not involve the army, which also reassured Sun Yuankun, Song Sijun and Liu Ji, the civil fights are always more coordinated, which also shows that the upper echelons of the two tribes are restrained and don't want to make a big deal about it, but now that the army is involved, it means that the nature may have changed, and this situation can never happen, and it must be resolutely stopped.

"How many people are involved in the fight."

"The subordinates carefully observed, there were about a hundred people, among which the Xibe tribe seemed to have sergeants involved, and both sides were tense, and they were about to make a move."

Liu Ji's face was pale, he raised his whip and urged his horse, galloping forward, and the soldiers followed closely behind.

In the winter of the grassland, the climate is very cold, this cold is pierced into the bones, the cold wind of the grassland, as if it drilled into your body, so that the heat in your body continues to disappear.

Starting from Anning Fort, Liu Ji is fully prepared, one person and three horses, as well as a soldier who is responsible for cooking, the climate is cold, you must eat hot meals, otherwise the body can not bear it, Liu Ji is very familiar with the route, know where to rest in the road, where there are herdsmen, there will be no delay on the road, please think of the grassland pass, you will not go in the wrong direction with your eyes closed, so the speed of the army is very fast.

The military uniforms of the Jiangning battalion are very special, they are all red, because they are in a hurry, so the soldiers are not wearing armor, they are all wearing red cotton clothes, and the armor is put aside, only when they fight, everyone will wear armor.

Liu Ji, who was galloping in front, suddenly stopped and asked all the soldiers to wear armor.

Everyone felt strange, and they didn't know what Liu Ji meant, did he say that he wanted to do something against the herdsmen who were fighting between the two tribes, it was said that there was no such need.

Liu Ji did not explain, and asked the soldiers to wear armor in the shortest possible time.

The soldier did not waste time, quickly dismounted, and began to put on his armor.

A few minutes later, the team set off again.

After a quarter of an hour, the team came to the place where the fight took place, at this time, the battle between the two sides has ended, there are some injured herdsmen lying on the ground, blood can be seen on the grass and snow, in such severe cold conditions, injury means death, the medical conditions of the grassland are very poor, the injured herdsmen, it is impossible to return to the yurt, can only wait for death in the same place.

The winner was the Xibe tribe.

Liu Ji discovered that among the personnel of the Xibe tribe, there were indeed sergeants.

Liu Jitie blushed, didn't say anything, and waved his hand to make an encirclement motion.

The sergeants and herdsmen of the Xibe tribe were a little panicked when they saw the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion who suddenly appeared, and some people unconsciously wanted to escape, but they knew the courage of the Jiangning battalion, and the favorable terrain around them had been occupied by the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, so they wanted to run, but they had no chance.

Soon, the sergeants who participated in this battle were escorted in front of Liu Ji.

Liu Ji looked at the dozen or so sergeants and spoke to the guide beside him.

"Ask them if they are soldiers of the Xibe or Daurian tribes, and if not, they will be killed."

The guide spoke in Mongolian, and several sergeants scrambled to answer in Mongolian.

The guide spoke quickly.

"My lord, they say they are soldiers of the Xibe tribe."

"If you ask them again, since they are soldiers, they will participate in any disputes between herdsmen, if they can't have a reasonable explanation, the official will not forgive, you can tell them that the official is Liu Ji of the Jiangning camp."

After the guide spoke again, a dozen or so soldiers from the Xibe tribe quickly fell silent, and no one spoke.

Liu Ji's heart drifted through a trace of uneasiness.

The sergeants of the Mongolian tribes are very bold and can't lie, or they don't open their mouths, or they tell the truth when they do.

Liu Ji told the guide again.

"Tell them that if they don't want to say anything, the officer will escort them to the tribe of the Xibe, and execute them for treason before all the tribesmen."

After the guide said this, the faces of the dozen or so sergeants immediately changed, in the grassland tribe, rebellion is the biggest crime, if it is determined to be a rebellion, it is not only me who suffers, including the family will suffer, the tribe will not take care of it, it is bullied by everyone, it is impossible to get food, it is impossible to live at all, and the final outcome is either to become a slave of others, or to starve to death, there is no other way out, it is the cold season, leaving the tribe, it is a dead end.

Finally, a sergeant spoke, apparently a small leader.

The guide's face changed, and he hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"My lord, this sergeant said that they came to observe the terrain of this generation on orders from above, and when they saw the herdsmen's fighting, they naturally helped the herdsmen of their own tribe."

"Ask them if they know what is arranged for Lu Dao above."

The guide opened his mouth to ask a few words, and several sergeants shook their heads.

"Then you ask them where they need to observe the terrain."

Soon, the guide asked again, this time, the sergeant answered very refreshingly, he already knew the way, the opposite is the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, if he can't answer the question well, people can really say that they rebelled, anyway, it is the task assigned by the above.

Soon, the guide spoke again, and said several places, while the guide was still talking, Liu Ji's face changed again, these places, Liu Ji couldn't be clearer, they are all places where the Daurian tribal army often trains, including the station of some Daurian troops, what is the purpose of investigating these places, there is no need to guess.

The guide spoke, meaning that there was anything else that needed to be asked, Liu Ji shook his head, he knew very well that it was impossible for these lowest-level sergeants to know the arrangements above the road, and they just did things according to the requirements above, as for what the purpose was above, it was impossible for ordinary sergeants to ask, just obey the order. (To be continued......)